Winnow (verb)
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Blow a current of air through (grain) in order to remove the chaff./ Manually remove chaff from grain.
Remove (people or things) from a group until only the best ones are left./ Find the useful part of something.
Old English windwian, from wind (see wind).
Example sentences
“The grain is threshed and winnowed by hand”
“You should winnow out those not fit for the work.”
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